Carols for Choirs 2

Fifty Christmas Carols (The Orange Book)

Edited and arranged by DAVID WILLCOCKS and JOHN RUTTER


Oxford University Press, 1970


  1. A babe is born I wys, by F. Bainton
  2. A child is born in Bethlehem, by Samuel Scheidt, edited by David Willcocks
  3. Adam lay ybounden, by Boris Ord
  4. All my heart this night rejoices, by Johann Georg Ebeling
  5. All this time, by William Walton
  6. Nativity Carol, by John Rutter
  7. Deck the hall, arranged by David Willcocks
  8. Ding dong! merrily on high, arranged by David Willcocks
  9. Down in yon forest, arranged by John Rutter
  10. Shepherd’s Pipe Carol, by John Rutter
  11. Hail! blessed virgin Mary, arranged by Charles Wood
  12. Here we come a-wassailing, arranged by John Rutter
  13. A New Year Carol, by Benjamin Britten
  14. How far is it to Bethlehem? arranged by David Willcocks
  15. Matin Responsory, adapted from Palestrina
  16. Come, thou redeemer of the earth, adapted by M. Praetorius, arranged by David Willcocks
  17. Il est né le divin enfant, arranged by John Rutter
  18. I saw a maiden, refrain by Edgar Pettman
  19. Myn lyking, by R. R. Terry
  20. I sing of a maiden, by Patrick Hadley
  21. It came upon the midnight clear, adapted by Arthur Sullivan, descant by David Willcocks
  22. The Cherry Tree Carol, arranged by David Willcocks
  23. Masters in this hall, arranged by David Willcocks
  24. Noël nouvelet, arranged by John Rutter
  25. Sans Day Carol, arranged by John Rutter
  26. Sir Christèmas, by William Mathias
  27. O come, O come, Emmanuel, arranged by David Willcocks
  28. The Shepherds’ Cradle Song, arranged by Charles Macpherson
  29. Of the father’s heart begotten, arranged by David Willcocks
  30. The twelve days of Christmas, arranged by John Rutter
  31. Once in Royal David’s City, H.J. Gauntlett, descant by David Willcocks
  32. Out of your sleep, by Richard Rodney Bennett
  33. Past three a clock, arranged by John Rutter
  34. Personent hodie, arranged by Gustav Holst
  35. Quelle est cette odeur agréable? arranged by David Willcocks
  36. Quem pastores laudavare, arranged by John Rutter
  37. Quitez, pasteurs, arranged by John Rutter
  38. Resonemus laudibus, arranged by David Willcocks
  39. The angels and the shepherds, arranged by C.H. Trevor
  40. Silent night, by Franz Gruber, arranged by David Willcocks
  41. The infant king, arranged by David Willcocks
  42. There is no rose, edited by John Stevens
  43. Gabriel’s message, arranged by David Willcocks
  44. The holly and the ivy, arranged by H. Walford Davies
  45. The Lord at first did Adam make, arranged by David Willcocks
  46. The truth from above, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams
  47. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, arranged by David Willcocks
  48. While shepherds watched their flocks, descant by David Willcocks
  49. Patapan, arranged by Reginald Jacques
  50. Zion hears the watchmen’s voices, J.S. Bach, edited by John Rutter